The project formulated new procedures for defining and assessing the health of family businesses and proposals for supporting their development in the context of addressing the development of the business environment of rural communities in the wider area. Another result is the design of effective training for family-type enterprises using information technology; thus, the foundation stone is laid for the creation of a managed network of mentors for family business. This will be as responsive as possible to the requirements of society, the labour market and the economy, and will be linked to the demands of the labour market and to other instruments that shape active employment policy. The aim is to prevent the problems of depopulation of small municipalities by creating more favourable conditions for the realisation of young people's reproductive plans in the context of family business and thus contribute to maintaining territorial cohesion. See Report on the survey of municipalities with up to 2000 inhabitants.